Goggles



March 14, 1.939. Wl WELSH l 2,150,791

GOGGLES Filed Feb; 15, 1958 INVENIUR.

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Patented Mal. 14, 1939 PATENT OFFICE GOGGLEB v,

James W. Welsh, Providence, E. assigner to Welsh Manufacturing Company,a corporation of Rhode Island Application February 15, 193e, serial No.'mais 1 claim. (ci. anni) This invention relates to a goggle; and hasiorone of its objects to provide a goggle which may befworn for diving orswimming under water to exclude the water from the eyes that the eyesmay be opened under water without the discomfort sometimes attendantupon the water entering the eyes. l y

Another object of the invention is to provide a goggle which may be-usedin certain occupations where smoke or gases are circulating that maycause dlscomfortto the eyes.

A further object of the invention is to provid in such a goggleastructure which will seal the eyes against the entrance of gases orwater even though there be irregularities of the face about the eyes.Another object of the inventionis to provide a simple structure withtransparent portions which are rmly heldin position and yet which may bereadily removed and replaced should they bcome scratched or damaged.

With these and other objects in view, the in' vention consists ofcertain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described,and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing:

, Fig. 1 is a face view of the front portion of the Fig. 2 is a rearview of the front body portion of the goggle;

Fig. 31s a sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view substantially at right angles to the sectionof Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a sectional detail of the clasping part or the goggle forsecuring 'the head encircling strap.

In some occupations where smoke or gases occur or in swimming underwater or diving, it is often desirable to have some shield for the eyesto prevent the discomforts of gases or salt water entering the eyes andyet permit the user of the goggles to see; 'and in order that this maybe accomplished, I have provided a goggle with ribs or molded formationswhich will engage the face about the eyes to tightly seal the chamberswhich contain the transparencies for the eyes from the entry of gases orwater, thus eectively accommodating the goggle to the contour of theface about the eyes for effecting this seal; and the followingis a moredetailed description of the present embodiment of this invention,illustratingthe preferred means by which these advantageous results maybe accomplished.I

With reference to the drawing, I0 designates the body portion of thegoggles preferably formed of some moldable elastic material such asrubber ior Duprene, with reduced Aends il to which ends there issuitably attached, a strap i2 for encircling the head and holding thebody portion iii tightly against the face. 5

. Chambers I 4 are provided at the location oi each of the eyesbymolding the material so as to provide outwardly extending walls i5 within wardly extending nanges i6 having recesses il thereinior thereception of windows i8 which. g@ may be formed of some transparentmateriai such as glass or Celluloid but are preferably formed ofCelluloid. The outer edge i5 of the ange is suiiiciently ilexible andresilient so that the Windows I8 may be positioned by reason of theelasticity of the flange, but when in place will so expand the ilangeasto form a tight connection that there may beno entry of water or gasesthrough the connection to enter the chambers above mentioned.

There is also molded on the body portion i@ a series of ribs 20; 2i and22. These ribs are generally concentrically arranged but the rib 2imerges into the rib 22, while there is an additional rib 23 merging intothe rib 22. These ribs are of dierent thicknesses and contours so as tont the usual formation of the iace about the eyes; and by reason oftheir resiliency and the 1 elasticity of the rubber forming the bodyyand ribs will conform somewhat to"the"shape oi the gg face and rmlypress against all parts of the face circularly aboutI the eyes so as totightly seal the eyes yagainst the entrance of gases or water. Thebridge portion 25 connecting the two chambers also has a rib 2textending along it to join 'the ribs 22 but by reason of the concentricribs 22 encircling the eyes it is non-essential that there be a rib 2tto prevent water passing between the bridge 25 and the face. This rib2t, however, may serve to break the iorce oi anyA water which might tendto circulate therethrough.

In order to attach the strip i 2 to the reduced ends il o1 the body thestud portion 28 of a snap fastener is mounted in each end portion l iwhile at each end of the strap a buckle 2Q carrying a mating socketportion 3l) oi the snap fastener is adjustably mounted on the end 3i ofthe strap i2 for detachable engagement with the studs of the snapfastener 28 as desired. In this manner the elastic strap il may beadjusted for the encircling of heads of different sizes.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the 'constructionillustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve theprivilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which gg thedevice is susceptible, the invention being,de=1

ned and limited only by the terms of the ap` surface, a plurality ofspaced resilient ribs extending rearwardly from the inner surface ofsaid body .and completely about each eye cup, the outer of said ribsabout each cup being of a.

greater depth or thickness thanthe inner rib and greater than any otherportion along its extent at the location of the hollow of the face underthe eye to extend into such hollow or recess of the face.

JAWS W. WELSH.v

